Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Person
Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:
Claude Costlaw Hutson papers
Collection — Folder: S708
Identifier: S0708
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed manuscript from Claude Costlow Huston in Kokomo, Indiana regarding a play about Abraham Lincoln.
Dates:
circa 1908-1987
Drawing of young Abraham Lincoln
Collection — Folder: OB167
Identifier: OB167
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one pencil drawing showing a young Abraham Lincoln in a school house with a map of Lincoln City, Indiana. The drawing is signed, but the artist's signature cannot be deciphered. It was marked for possible publication in February of 1945.
Dates:
1945 February
E. S. Guilbert collection
Collection — Folder: S0557
Identifier: S0557
Scope and Contents
In March 1830, Abraham Lincoln journeyed from southern Indiana to Illinois with his parents. When they went through Vincennes, legend has it that Abraham toured the Western Sun and General Advertiser newspaper office, where he saw his first printing press, and talked to Editor Stout. Mr. Guilbert wrote to Roy H. Garrigus, editor of the Vincennes Sun-Commercial to verify this story, which Mr. Garrigus could not do.Abraham often went to Rockport and borrowed books from Judge John...
Dates:
1828-1830
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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E. S. Guilbert collection
Ed Johnson photograph collection
Collection — Folder: SP172
Identifier: SP172
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 4 black-and-white photographs taken by Ed Johnson ranging from 1930 to circa 1933 in Illinois regarding the Offutt coper shop in Old Salem, Illinois where Abraham Lincoln studied at night and the graves of his father, Thomas Lincoln, his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln, and his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge.
Dates:
1930, undated
Ewing family collection
Collection
Identifier: L323
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...
Dates:
1818-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ewing family collection
Flavius Josephus Bellamy collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0100
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of diaries, letters, newspaper clippings, certificate, and discharge paper.The diary in Folder 1 mentions battles at Gettysburg and Williamsport, with detailed listings of troop movements.The letters in Folder 2 were sent to his parents and sisters Sarah and Eliza, among others. These are very detailed, and usually mention the location from which he writes, and how close it is to another city. It also contains a card with pictures of the...
Dates:
1861-1864
Frank M. Hohenberger photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P013
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs and a few clippings and pamphlets from Frank M. Hohenberger in Indiana and Kentucky ranging from 1916 to 1935 and undated regarding landscapes, nature scenes in state parks and other locations, local buildings, houses of important figures, historic sites, and some people.
Dates:
1916-1935, undated
"Grand reception of the notabilities of the nation" lithograph
Collection — Folder: OBC212
Identifier: OBC212
Dates:
1865
Here I Grew Up mural photograph collection
Collection — Folder: SP155
Identifier: SP155
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from the Indiana Department of Conservation depicting the installation of the mosaic mural, Here I Grew Up, designed by Garo Z. Antreasian, in the Indiana State Office Building in Indianapolis, Indiana during January, 1963. There are also two photographs from an outdoor dedication program for the mural, a photograph of the mural's design from teh Art Association of Indianapolis, and a photocopy of a newspaper...
Dates:
1963
Historic documents and sites lantern slides
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: P017
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides mostly created by W. H. Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1897 to circa 1916 regarding early Indiana history, including historic sites at Vincennes, New Harmony, and the state capitols, as well as the Indiana centennial. Many of the slides depict historical documents relating to early European settlement of the Northwest Territory and portraits of prominent Hoosier individuals. It is possible these slides were used for...
Dates:
circa 1897-circa 1916
